Head-rest for bedsteads.



No. 771,773. PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904.

- W. G. FEELY.

HEAD BEST FOR BEDSTEADS. APPLIOATION FILED NOV.19,1903.

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I INVENTOR WZiam 65121 2 ATTORNEYS No. 771,773. 7 PATENTBD OCT. 4, 1904.

A w. c. FEBLY. HEAD RBST'FOR BEDSTEADS,

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 19, 1903.

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' //v VE/VTOH Wlz'am 651 6629 Patented October 4-, 1904:

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. FEELY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEAD-REST FOR BE DSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 771,773, dated October4, 1904.

7 Application filed November 19, 1903. Serial No. 181,775. (No model.)

a head-rest adapted for attachment to any bed stead and which can beconveniently and expeditiously adjusted to suit the requirements of apatient without inconvenience to the patient and which will beexceedingly simple and durable in its construction.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a support or platformadjustably and removably connected with the head-rest proper, adapted asan arm-rest and as a receiver for a wash-basin and mirror or otherarticles incident to the making of a toilet, and also to provide a meansfor connecting a table to the said platform or support and deviceswhereby the table may be converted into an adjustable reading-desk whenso desired.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide an article of thecharacter described which will not only comprise few parts capable ofquick adjustment and adaptation, but which may be compactly folded, and,furthermore, to so construct the head-rest that it can be adjusted andheld in adjusted position practically perpendicularly, if desired, allwithout the use of adjusting or binding screws or the like.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the head portion of the bed and myimproved headrest applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough the head-rest, showing a wash-basin and mirror in position foruse. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the platform member and table, thelatter being in hori zontal position on the said platform member. Fig. 4is a perspective view of the platform member, showing the table inposition to serve as a reading-desk. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectionthrough that portion of the platform member which is connected with thebody of the head-rest and a vertical section through a portion of thehead-rest adapted to receive the platform member. Fig. 6 is a sectiontaken practically on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview of a part of the cross-bar and head of the bed and one of theguard-supports for the head-rest located at the head portion of the bed.Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the table viewed fromthe bottom, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a modified form oftrack.

A represents a portion of the bedstead, B the body cross-bar at the headof the said bedstead, and C the mattress.

The body of the device consists primarily of two tracks 10 and 11,adapted to occupy parallel positions upon the mattress C, a connectingmember 12 for the tracks, usually of a bow shape, andsuporting-standards 12 for the connecting member 12, which latter memberis the actual supporting member for the patient and through the mediumof the standards 12 can be held in more or less of an inclined positionor in a vertical position, as the standards are adjustable in the tracks10 and 11.

The head-rest is preferably secured to the bedstead in the followingmanner and as is best illustrated in Fig. 7 Upper and lower clamps 14and 15 are mounted for movement upon uprights 13, being held in adjustedposition upon the uprights by set-screws 16. These clamps are adapted toengage one with the upper and the other with the lower face of the headcross-bar B of the bedstead, and each upright 13 is provided with a head17 at its upper end, having a dovetail recess 18 produced therein. Eachhead carries a setscrew 19, which extends into the recess 18 of thehead. The tracks 10 and 11 are provided with a preferably dovetailrecess 20, which extends throughout their length, as is shown best inFig. 1, and the limbs of the bow member 12 of the body portion of thehead-rest are pivotally attached to what may be termed the lforward endsof the tracks and 11 at their inner faces, as is indicated at 21 inFig. 1. Each standard 12 is tubular and is provided with a foot-block22, and each foot-block 22 of each standard 12 has a dovetail rib 23formed at its bottom, which dovetail ribs are adapted to slide in thedovetail recesses of the tracks 10 and 11, as is best shown in Fig. v

- proved manner at the ends of the body 26 of 5. Near the upper end ofeach standard 12 a set-screw 24 is located, preferably at the outerside, and the said set-screw extends into the bore'or chamber of thestandard carrying it. Opposite the set-screw 24 at the inner side ofeach standard 12 a support 25 is provided for the bow member 12', andthis support is ordinarily made in the form of a spool 25', as isillustrated Fig. 5'. The said spool may be made rigid with the standardcarrying it, or it may be adapted to turn thereon, as in practice may befound most desirable. When the body of the head-rest is applied to thebed, the rear portions of the tracks 10 and 11 are passed through therecesses 18 in the heads 1-7 of the supporting-uprights 13, as isclearly shown in Fig. 1, and the said tracks are held in adjustedposition by means of the set-screws 19'. Thus it is evident that thetracks may be adjusted forward or backward, as may be required for thecomfort of the patient, and, as has been stated, the standards 12, beingadjustable on the tracks 10 and 11, operate as they are drawn forward orrearward toelevate or to depress the bow member 12 and support it in theposition desired.

I desire it to be understood that the bow member may be provided with anetting between its members or with a canvas strip or strips or theequivalent-or may be in the skeleton form shown, and the said bow membermay be provided with buttons to facilitate the application of a backingthereto.

In connectionwith the body of the headrest just described I employ aplatform member (3. This platform member consists of atransverse-horizontal body-section 26 and rearwardly extending arm-rests27 extending from the end portions of the body-section, as is shown inFig. 3. In the body-section 26 of the said platform member C alongitudinal opening 28- is provided adapted to receive-a basin 29,provided with an upper flange 30, which prevents the basin from fallingthrough the said opening 28-, as is shown in Fig. 2. At the inner orrear end of each wing or armrest 27 of the platform member C a downweirdly-extending pin 31 is secured, and these pins are adapted to enterthe bores in the standards 12. When the platform member C has beenvertically adjusted to suit the patient, it is held in its adjustedposition by tightening up the set-screws 24 against the said pins 31, asis illustrated in Fig. 5. When the basin 29' is in position in theplatform member C, it may be desirable to provide a mirror 32, suitablyframed, so that the patient may complete his toilet almost asconveniently as when not confined to a bed. This mirror is usually heldin position by means of pins 33, attached to its bottom edge, which pinsenter openings 34, made in the body 26 of the platform member C, as isillustrated in Fig. 2, so that the mirror is readily removable.

A plate 36 is secured in any suitable or apthe platform member 0,extending over the upper face of the said body 26, and at the outer edgeof the said plates 36 a series of teeth 37 is produced. Apertures 35 aremade at the inner ends of the plates 36 and in the body 26 of theplatform member, and near each end of the said body 26 of the platformmember a recess 38 is made, and each recess connects with an-aperture38, made in the plates 36, as is shown in Fig. 6.

I/Vhen meals are to be served to a patient, a table 39 is employed,(shown best in Figs. 3 and 4,) which table is provided with a flange 40at one longitudinal edge, and the said table at its flanged edge isfurther provided with curved tongues 41, which are made to enter theapertures 38 and the recesses 38 when the table is used, as is shown inFig. 6, at which time the said table will rest horizontally andsubstantially flat on the body 26 of the platform member C. This table39 may be utilized as a book-rest, so that in conjunction with theplatform member 0 a reading-desk may be improvised. lVhen the table 39is so employed, the tongues 41 are made to enter the openings 35 in thebody of the platform member O, and the said table 39 may be givenanydesired inclinationby causing legs 42, pivoted to the ends of the table39, to engage with any one of the teeth 37 on the body of the platformmember, as is shown in Fig. 4. These legs are so made that when they arefolded flat against the bottom of the table 39 they do not interferewith the table when used for serving meals, as is shown in Fig. 3. It

- may be here observed that the track members 10 and 11 are virtuallythe base members of the body of the head-rest.

In Fig. 9 I have-illustrated a slight departure in the construction ofthe tracks 10 and 11, which consists in a track 50 of tubular form,having an upper longitudinal slot 51 extending preferably the lengththereof. Under this construction the feet of the standards 12 will beshaped to slide within the tube and extend out loosely through the slot51.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a head-rest for beds, uprights having guidewaysand adapted to be secured to the frame of the bed, base members havinglongitudinal movement in said guideways, said base members themselves,also having longitudinal guideways, standards, erected upon said basemembers and having longitudinal movement in their guideways, aconnecting member pivoted to the base members and adapted to besupported upon said standards.

2. In a head-rest for beds, uprights having guideways and adapted to besecured to the cross-bar at the head of the bed, base members adapted tofit said guideways and engaged thereby at their outer end portions, saidbase members themselves also having longitudinal guideways, standardserected upon said base members between their ends, and having movementin said guideways, a connecting member pivoted to the base members attheir inner or forward ends and adapted to swing rearwardly thereon, andmeans on said standards disposed in the path of said connecting memberto engage and support the same in an inclined position.

3. In a head-rest, base members, supports for the said base members, inwhich they are adjustably secured, means for attaching the supports toan object, as a bed, a bow connecting member pivotally attached to theforward portions of the base members, standards having movableconnection with the base members, and members carried by the standards,adapted as supports for the said connecting member, as set forth.

4. In a head-rest for beds, base members having longitudinal guideways,standards erected upon said base members between their ends and havingmovement in said guideways, a connecting member pivoted to the basemembers at their forward ends and adapted to swing rearwardly thereon,and means carried by said standards and adapted to loosely engage saidconnecting member to support the same in an inclined position.

5. In a head-rest, a support, standards longitudinally adjustable onsaid support, a platform member carried by the standards, a tablevertically adjustable on the standards, means for removably attachingthe table to the platform member, and devices for adjusting the saidtable on the platform at different inclinations, whereby to provide abook-rest, as set forth.

6. A head-rest consisting of base members,

a connecting member, and supports for the connecting member frictionallyheld in the base members, said supports and base members havingtongue-andgroove connection with each other.

7. A head-rest consisting of base members having contracted upper outletportions, a connecting member pivoted to the base members, and supportsslidable in the base members, having foot-sections corresponding totheinner contour of the base members, as specified.

8. In a head-rest for beds, base members having longitudinal guideways,tubular standards erected upon said base members between their ends andhaving movement in said guideways, a connecting member pivoted to thebase members at their forward ends, and adapted to swing rearwardlythereon, means carried by said standards and disposed in the path ofsaid connecting member to loosely engage and support the connectingmember in an inclined position, and a platform havingdownwardly-extending members adapted to be received into said tubularstandards to support the platform in a horizontal position.

9. In a head-rest for beds, base members having longitudinal guideways,tubular standards erected upon said base members between their ends andhaving movement in said guideways, a connecting member pivoted to thebase members at their forward ends, and adapted to swing rearwardlythereon, means carried by said standards to loosely engage and supportsaid connecting member in an inclined position, a platform havingdownwardly-extending members adapted to be received into said tubularstandards to support the platform in a horizontal position, a table onsaid platform, and means for detachably connecting the table with theplatform.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. FEELY.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. AoKER, JNo. M. RITTER.

